Rediscovering public space in the inner ring of Skopje

The interventions topic first came to mind when I discovered there was a dark alley within one of the neoclassical façades along Macedonia street leading to a courtyard behind. It turned out that there were many courtyards like this dispersed throughout the city, providing potential for public space alternatives for the city of Skopje. The...

The Skopje Garden

Investigating the space in a multicultural context in the city of Skopje, the projects focus on the historical fortress that is under the negative affect of social tension. To release the tension and promote social integration, the project employs "garden" as a concept to create an outdoor enclosure for people to fully explore nature and expand...

Foyer - mediation of particles in Skopje

Skopje – became city of solidarity after 6.1 momentum magnitude earthquake in 1963. Unprecedented situation allowed for tabula rasa of planning a future city to emerge. Metabolist masterplan for city central area proposed by Japanese team leaded by Kenzo Tange, allowed for a brutalist architecture to present itself as part of new city....

Lost in Transition

Redefining the Depth of Facades in Skopje: From Static to Dynamic

The relevance of the street: An urban integration proposal

Following an analysis of the public spaces and their performative depth, the urban figure of the street emerges as an important urban figure in the city of Skopje. Although, the street, as a figure, has undergone through different interpretations throughout time: In the city’s Old Bazaar, the street becomes a place for meeting and the most...

A Playground for Skopje: A Tension Between Freedom and Constraints

The graduation project is a playground in and around the former Post Office of Skopje which is composed of three main elements. Firstly, the terrain of the complex is divided into four main fields, which vary from their immediate surroundings towards the city. Furthermore, the element of the bridge, which grows with its tentacles into these...

Skopje's retreat: The space for inhabitants to abstract from the conventions of the city

Skopje is city of architecture with a strong emphasis on their exterior. Looking at the image of the city, the variety of architecture present can seem a bit overwhelming; each type of architecture seems to claim that they are thé image of Skopje. Since Skopje is filled with these different types of 'loud speaking architecture', the image of the...

From Object to Field: an extension of Skopje's bazaar

Cities can be investigated as machines of optimal form, function and production. With this kind of abstraction the architect can forget the social content of the city. Skopje, the capital city of North-Macedonia, has both busy social spaces as empty areas. This project is a proposal to reintegrate the social component into a complex and formal...

Staging the Abandoned: Open-air Theater Revitalization of Kale Fortress, Skopje

The project site situates at Kale Fortress, a historic archaeological site at the highest point overlooking the city of Skopje. Despite its rich cultural value and prestige location, the site has been abandoned for years since the inter-ethnic conflict between the Macedonians and Albanians in 2011 over the construction on a church-shaped museum....

Skopje: The Multiple Faces of the City

A Stratified Urban Landscape